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Recent Examples of pothole
In the video, a school bus gets stuck in a pothole and JJ and his friends transform into superheroes after eating some delicious fruity muffins.
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
And it’s projected to increase further — before a single pothole is filled or police officer is hired.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
In a city plagued by dysfunction including constant flooding, treacherous potholes and a massive jailbreak, Torres’ company has become a point of civic pride.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2025
This combination of strength and energy generation could be used in several types of wearables and Internet of Things applications, including infrastructure systems to reinforce bridges and highways that sense when a crack, pothole, or other damage appears, Yu says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
And it’s projected to increase further — before a single pothole is filled or police officer is hired.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
In a city plagued by dysfunction including constant flooding, treacherous potholes and a massive jailbreak, Torres’ company has become a point of civic pride.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2025
This combination of strength and energy generation could be used in several types of wearables and Internet of Things applications, including infrastructure systems to reinforce bridges and highways that sense when a crack, pothole, or other damage appears, Yu says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
Noun
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Cork comes from the spongy bark of the cork oak tree, which is primarily grown and harvested in the Mediterranean basin.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most of the basin was refilled in no more than two years — and perhaps in as little time as a few months — with the water deepening about ten meters a day at its peak.—
Elizabeth Fernandez,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That category of states requires disclosing floodplain status but doesn't require disclosing whether the property must have flood insurance.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line.—
Delaney Nolan,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The victim's truck was later found abandoned in a ravine.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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Typical diurnal winds prevailed with westerly/up canyon, gusting near 20 MPH, observed in the afternoon.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The helicopter then lands inside the canyon, where participants start their epic journey on the river to the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano, past glaciers, waterfalls, and basalt columns.—
Mia Taylor,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The kettle, finally, was screaming.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Pour-over coffee maker Pour-over coffee makers, usually cones that sit atop cups or carafes à la Chemex, utilize a precise pouring technique (ideally from a gooseneck kettle) that blooms the grounds and extracts the best flavors as the coffee drips into the vessel below.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Kurt Russell is getting back in the saddle.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While the team tried to pull him up to safety, his belt broke, and Bell went back down into the crevasse.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said.—
Haicen Yang,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There were more creeks, high hills, big parks, passes, and open mountainsides with broken, timbered canyons and gulches.—
Fred C. Mercer,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
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Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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